and its squadrons were transferred to the South Atlantic Division, Air Transport Command, moving to Parnamirim Field, near Natal, Brazil to participate in the Green Project. The project was tasked with transporting 50,000 military personnel a month from the European and Mediterranean Theaters back to the United States, with priority for those who were under orders to redeploy to the Pacific to fight against the Japanese. The squadron's combat veterans resented this assignment, but continued supporting the project until inactivating on 26 September 1945. Lineage Constituted as the 762d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 May 1943 Activated on 1 July 1943 Redesignated 762d Bombardment Squadron, Heavy c. 3 September 1944 Inactivated on 26 September 1945 Assignments 460th Bombardment Group, 1 July 1943 – 26 September 1945 Stations Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, 1 July 1943 Kearns Army Air Base, Utah, 31 August 1943 Chatham Army Air Field, Georgia, 29 October 1943 – 3 January 1944 Spinazzola Airfield, Italy, c. 11 February 1944 – 6 June 1945 Waller Field, Trinidad, 15 June 1945 Parnamirim Field, Brazil, 30 June – 26 September 1945 Aircraft Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945 Awards and campaigns See also B-24 Liberator units of the United States Army Air Forces References Notes Bibliography Bombardment squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces Military units and formations established in 1943 World War II strategic bombing units